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HDMI Audio Return Channel

Eliminate the need to use two cable connections. Instead, all you need is one HDMI connection between your sound bar and TV. Audio will be sent between your TV and sound bar (from connected external devices) using the same HDMI cable.

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Looking for a soundbar I knew I needed to try it out before I stuck with one so I bought from a store. Though because I do rely heavily on amazon reviews I wanted to put my experience up here.

I was looking in the 100-150$ range for a sound bar. I'm in a house that I will be leaving soon and am not looking for the end-all sound system yet. The soundbar was going in the living room which is quite big and has vaulted ceilings. Because of this I started looking at the high watt sound bar. The first item I picked up was the Philips CSS2123B/F7 2.1 Ultra-Slim Soundbar with Subwoofer. Because It has the woofer I thought it would be able to give a more "full" sound for such a large room. It took about 3 seconds for me to discover that this soundbar was not going to do the job. The sub was booming and the soundbar was not near loud enough. So that went back. The next soundbar was the LG NB2420A Soundbar which had 160 watts and bluetooth. This soundbar had a bit more umph to it's sound but there were no lows or really any mid-range. Its ability to stream music from a phone was very nice but hooked up to the tv/cable box I couldn't get it to get as loud as when I streamed from my phone which I thought was wierd. But like I said, it had no low's to fill in the sound.

I had the Samsung soundbar at the same time as the LG and unhooked the LG and hooked in the Samsung while watching the same movie and the Samsung beats the ever living crud out of the LG. The loudness is VERY close but the samsung has a lot more of a full sound compared to the LG.Read more ›

I ordered this with my girlfriend for a birthday gift for her father. He loves it. It's working great so far, and sounds awesome. With the new hdmi cables v1.4 the inputs will automatically switch, and it connects perfectly to the newer hd televisions. He has it under a 32" LED tv, and the size of this sound bar is the prefect size for the tv. It also comes with a nice bracket for mounting the the wall. But the main thing is that it really sounds great, and is a pretty good price. I would recommend this sound bar

The only inputs in this device are an HDMI out to the TV, the HDMI in, and an auxillary for components. The HDMI out to the TV requires your TV to have Audio Return Control. If your TV doesn't, and my late 2010 Samsung Plasma (doesn't seem that old, does it?) does not, you will have to use the Auxillary (which I had to plug into the cable box). Why on earth would Samsung create a Sound Bar without an optical input at a minimum? (The next model up has 1 HDMI and 1 optical but costs 100 dollars more!). There were virtually no instructions provided to deal with this situation and no where addresses the issue everyone has which is the existence of the cable box/HD box. I called Samsung and the customer service tech was literally shocked when he determined there was no optical input on this Soundbar. He also couldn't tell me whether my plasma had ARC. His instruction was to go buy a 1.4 HDMI cord (only HDMI cords that will handle ARC), and then plug and unplug the cord into each of the four HDMI inputs on the TV to see if any will work. Why is Samsung making products that you have to go through this process to determine whether it will even work? For heck's sake, I have to go buy a new HDMI cord because I don't know if my existing HDMI cords are 1.4!!!??? What a horrible process.

I accidentally ordered this sound bar from another online retailer so I thought I'd take the opportunity to test it before returning it. For the most part, I was pretty impressed with this unit. It it definitely an upgrade from most built-in tv speakers. If you are simply looking to upgrade your tv's built-in speakers and don't want to spend a lot of money this is a great option. The vocals are much clearer than on most built-in tv speakers and it has better bass as well. I would not call it audiophile sound and its certainly not 5.1, but its quite good for the price.

Another great thing about this speaker bar is the size. It fits perfectly under a 32" tv and would even look fine under 42". I am actually looking for a sound bar for my sister's Samsung 32" tv and I plan to order this one for her birthday. It is the only one I've found that works well with 32" tvs.

One reason I gave this unit 4 stars is, like most reviewers, I found the inputs a bit tricky to setup. I did not have as much trouble as some though. Once you figure it out, it works fine. I was able to hook it up using HDMI to my 2010 Panasonic plasma tv. The key is to use HDMI 1.4 cables. I connected a Panasonic blu-ray player to the bar and then connected the sound bar's HDMI output to the Panasonic tv. Voila...I have rich, full sound coming from the speaker bar. I was not looking to use the tv's speakers at all so I didn't even test audio return channel. I did not try an HDMI switch either so I'm not sure how it would work with multiple sources. I imagine if you used a HDMI 1.4 compatible switch it would work just fine.

Another reason I gave this sound bar four stars is that I could not get the USB port to work with an ipod. I tried both a touch and classic, neither model worked.Read more ›